West Point Cemetery
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West Point Cemetery is a historic military burial ground at the United States Military Academy, serving as the final resting place for many prominent American soldiers and leaders.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic cemetery
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military cemetery → |
| burialPolicy | restricted to eligible USMA graduates, their families, and certain military personnel → |
| burialType |
columbarium niches
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in-ground graves → mausoleums → |
| commemorates | service and sacrifice of United States Army personnel → |
| country | United States of America → |
| hasAccess | controlled access through United States Military Academy → |
| hasChapel | Old Cadet Chapel → |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 41.399°N 73.963°W → |
| hasMemorial |
monument to Civil War dead
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monument to Mexican–American War dead → monument to War of 1812 dead → monument to various US wars and campaigns → |
| hasPart |
Old Cadet Chapel
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monuments and memorials to USMA graduates → section for Revolutionary War dead reinterred → |
| hasUse |
military burial ground
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national military shrine → |
| hasView | Hudson River → |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places
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surface form: "National Register of Historic Places listing"
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| inception | 1817 → |
| locatedIn |
United States Military Academy
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West Point, New York → |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
New York
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surface form: "New York (state)"
Orange County, New York → |
| locatedOnTerrainFeature | Hudson River plateau at West Point → |
| notableBurial |
Daniel Butterfield
→
Edgar Allan Poe’s foster-son William Henry Leonard Poe (check) → George Armstrong Custer → Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. →
surface form: "H. Norman Schwarzkopf Sr."
John J. Pershing → General Lucius D. Clay →
surface form: "Lucius D. Clay"
Sylvanus Thayer → William Westmoreland → Winfield Scott → |
| operatedBy | United States Military Academy → |
| ownedBy | United States Army → |
| partOf | United States Military Academy historic district → |
| primaryBurialPopulation |
American military leaders
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United States Army officers → graduates of the United States Military Academy → |
| significance |
final resting place for many prominent American soldiers and leaders
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symbol of the history and traditions of the United States Military Academy → |
| website | https://westpoint.edu (section on cemetery) → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York, United States"
this entity surface form: "United States Military Academy Post Cemetery"
this entity surface form: "United States Military Academy Post Cemetery"
this entity surface form: "United States Military Academy Cemetery"
this entity surface form: "United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York, United States"
subject surface form: "James M. Gavin"
this entity surface form: "United States Military Academy Post Cemetery"